wring
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you wring something out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to. 设法获取
Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers. 买主们想方设法从他们那些供应商那里获取无息赊购。
2. PHRASE If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it. (因焦虑、悲伤或无计可施) 纽绞双手
We can't simply stand by wringing our hands. We have to do something. 我们不能只站着搓手,我们得做点什么。
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wring /rɪŋ/ (wringing,wrung,wrings)
剑桥词典
- to hold something tightly with both hands and twist it by turning your hands in opposite directions
拧;绞
(also wring out)
to twist a cloth or piece of clothing with your hands to remove water from it
拧干,绞干(布或衣服)
She wrung out the shirt and hung it out to dry . 她拧干衬衫并挂到外面晾干。
wring sth's neck
to kill a bird or other animal by twisting and breaking its neck
拧断(鸟或其他动物的)脖子;掐死
习语
I'll wring your/his/her neck!wring your hands